Go all country this Christmas with our market and festive shopping guide

The ultimate festive fare direct from the farmer

Skip the city crowds and queues this year and support producers from the country by heading straight to the source. You can’t possibly get fresher or more seasonal than buying the best tasting Christmas food at regional outlets, farmers markets or retailers who will thank you for shopping local.

Pick your own Christmas Tree!

Harvest Season at the Granite Belt Christmas Farm – Visit and pre-order to collect from 29 November open 9am to 4pm (Stanthorpe).

You select your perfect pine tree (which will smell incredible by the way) and staff will cut and net it for you for easy transportation. Bring the family to the farm, with Santa’s animals to feed and weekend appearances by Santa throughout the harvest.

Did you know? Real Christmas trees (cut) will keep in your home for three weeks if you keep them watered and out of direct sunlight and heat.

Order your Christmas hams and turkeys direct from the country butcher

In country towns and villages it’s the local butcher who’s the hero, sourcing the best cuts directly from farmers and graziers ready for your Christmas table. Kingaroy on the South Burnett is famous for their pork; Central Highlands and the Darling Downs have world-class beef, and the Southern Downs and Lockyer Valley boast some of Australia's best poultry, lamb, orchards and vegetable farms.

Many butchers let you order online with either pickup in person or in some cases, home delivery. To find out where to shop contact the Visitor Information Centre at major regional towns or visit one of our regular farmers markets for supplies, just remember to take your empty esky!

Toowoomba Farmers Market

• When: 7am - 12pm each Saturday
• Where: Queensland Museum Cobb+Co, Under the Windmills

Granite Belt Farmers Market

• When: 7.30am - 12 pm each Saturday
• Where: Farley St Piazza, Stanthorpe

The best Christmas markets to drive for

Empty the car boot and lace up your comfy shopping shoes as you hit these local markets – remember to pack your appetite too as you taste your way around the region:

Toowoomba Region

Christmas Tree Lighting Twilight Market

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 14 November 2024
• Where: Grand Central Shopping Centre, Toowoomba

Country Christmas Markets

• When: 9am to 5pm, 15 - 17 November
• Where: Toowoomba Showgrounds 

Pittsworth Lions Market

• When: 8am to 1pm, 17 November 2024
• Where: Pittsworth Pioneer Village

Bush Christmas Exhibition

• When: 9am to 6pm, 20 November to 29 November 2024
• Where: Masonic Centre, Toowoomba

Christmas Handmade Art & Craft Market

• When: 8am to 2pm, 24 November 2024
• Where: Danish Flower Art Complex, Highfields 

Twilight Eats at the Windmills

• When: 4pm to 9pm, 30 November 2024
• Where: Cobb+Co Museum Under the Windmills, Toowoomba

Crows Nest Christmas Markets

• When: 7.30am to 1pm, 1 December 2024
• Where: Centenary Park, Crows Nest

Oakey Santa Fair

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 7 December 2024
• Where: Oakey Bears RLFC (132 Kent St, Oakey)

Queens Park Markets Handmade Under the Stars Christmas Edition

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 7 December 2024
• Where: Queens Park, Toowoomba

Festive Vibes Twilight Markets

• When: 3pm to 8pm, 7 December 2024
• Where: The Goods Shed, Toowoomba

Aberfeldy Christmas Twilight Markets

• When: 3.30pm to 7.30pm, 8 December 2024
• Where: Aberfeldy Farm, Westbrook

Clifton Christmas Markets

• When: 8am to 12pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: King Street, Clifton

Cambooya Community Christmas Markets

• When: From 4pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Cambooya Recreation Grounds

Highfields Christmas Market

• When: From 3pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Highfields Cultural Centre

Twilight Movie & Markets

• When: From 2pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Windy Acres Farm, Westbrook

Oakey Lions Sunday Markets

• When: 8am to 12pm, 15 December 2024
• Where: QLD Rail Carpark, Oakey

Queens Park Christmas Markets

• When: 8am to 1pm, 15 December 2024
• Where: Queens Park, Toowoomba

Christmas Twilight Market

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 20 December 2024
• Where: Queensland Museum Cobb+Co, Under the Windmills 

Goondiwindi Region

Goondiwindi Christmas Markets

• When: 8am - 2pm 7 December 2024
• Where: Goondiwindi Waggamba Community Cultural Centre

Lockyer Valley Region

Christmas Markets at Forest Hill

• When: 8am to 1pm, 16 November 2024
• Where: Forest Hill School of Arts

Hatton Vale Christmas Markets

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 22 November 2024
• Where: Hatton Vale State School Oval

Gatton Christmas Markets

• When: 7am to 12pm, Sunday 1 December 2024
• Where: Gatton Showgrounds (via Woodlands Road)

Mulgowie Twilight Christmas Markets

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Mulgowie Hall & Recreational Reserve

Laidley Christmas Twilight Markets

• When: 4pm to 8pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Ferrari Park, Laidley

Plainland Country Christmas Markets

• When: 7am to 12pm, 15 December 2024
• Where: Next to Porters Plainland Hotel

Christmas Funday Markets

• When: From 9am, 22 December 2024
• Where: Withcott Hotel

Southern Downs and Granite Belt Region

Warwick Christmas Markets

• When: From 7am to 12pm, 7 December 2024
• Where: Queens Park, Alice St Entrance

Christmas Market in the Mountains

• When: 8am to 12pm, 8 December 2024
• Where: Stanthorpe Showgrounds

Killarney Christmas Markets

• When: 8am to 1pm, 15 December 2024
• Where: Canning Park, Killarney

Christmas Pop-up Gift Markets

• When: 5pm to 7pm, 19 December 2024
• Where: St Mark's Anglican Church, Warwick

Western Downs

Miles Handmade Christmas Markets

• When: 6 - 20 December
• Where: Walsh Pavillion, Miles Showgrounds

Somerset Region

Make it Market

• When: 3pm to 8pm, 23 November
• Where: The Condensery, Toogoolawah

Central Queensland Highlands Region

Christmas Market at Rubyvale Flats

• When: 2pm to 6pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Rubyvale Flats

Rotary Emerald RFDS Christmas Markets

• When: 5pm to 10.30pm, 14 December 2024
• Where: Rotary Park, Emerald